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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Alaska's True Conservative Eddie Burke Picks Up Alaska Right To Life Endorsement, Is Interviewed By AARP

If there was any lingering doubt in the minds of Republican voters as to who the true conservative in the Alaska Lieutenant Governor's race is, such doubts were shattered once and for all on August 16th, 2010 when Eddie Burke announced that he had picked up the endorsement of Alaska Right To Life, one of the leading pro-family and pro-life advocacy groups in the state. It should be noted that Alaska Right To Life does NOT pass out endorsements like Halloween candy; Burke was one of only eight Alaska candidates to earn their endorsement for the August 24th primary election.

“The Right to Life cause is one that has been important to me and my family for many years. Personal experience has taught me the value of life—even in the most challenging and uncertain circumstances. Alaska Right to Life is a wonderful organization that is dedicated to sharing their unwavering message of hope with all Alaskans. I am honored by their support and their faith in me.”

Eddie Burke was also recently interviewed by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Full interview embedded below:

To be fair to the other Republicans, here are links to the Mead Treadwell video, the Jay Ramras video, and the Bob Lupo video. Other AARP candidate interviews are accessible HERE. The Republican candidates also appeared on KAKM Channel 7's "Running"; audio embedded below:

The lieutenant governor's race was also the subject of a profile on KTUU Channel 2, which has reorganized its website and is now using better video technology:

While the other races have proved difficult to choose, no such difficulty exists in this race. I was fired up about Eddie Burke from day number one; the only other candidates that motivated me as much were Ronald Reagan in 1980 and Pat Buchanan in 2000. Eddie Burke is the slam dunk choice for this race; the energetic and extroverted Burke would be a perfect complement to the insular and introverted Sean Parnell, assuming Parnell wins.

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It's time for Americans to take America back! America has been in the hands of special interests too long. Sometimes it's necessary to set aside the labels; while I prefer the conservative solution, sometimes you gotta go to the left. Sometimes capitalism requires an occasional daub of socialism to smooth its sharper edges.